Comment by Hamuko Comment by Hamuko 8 hours ago 3 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News A lot of Apple's software is written in Swift now. It's probably not in their interest to abandon the language.
Copy Link HaloZero 8 hours ago Collapse Comment - I mean they did switch from objective c. At some point they might switch again if it makes sense. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link cube00 7 hours ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - Especially if the promise of coding agents porting between languages is even partially realised it could make it very easy for them to switch. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link hokumguru 7 hours ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I mean, after some almost 40 years. If 40 years from now, hell, even 20, Apple abandoned the language I’m not sure I care about the risk.And that’s not to say they don’t support objective-c still. It just hasn’t been actively developed with new features. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link cube00 7 hours ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - Especially if the promise of coding agents porting between languages is even partially realised it could make it very easy for them to switch. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link hokumguru 7 hours ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I mean, after some almost 40 years. If 40 years from now, hell, even 20, Apple abandoned the language I’m not sure I care about the risk.And that’s not to say they don’t support objective-c still. It just hasn’t been actively developed with new features. Reply View | 0 replies
I mean they did switch from objective c. At some point they might switch again if it makes sense.